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Stanion

Stanion proper noun: a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9186).

Proper noun

Stanion (countable and uncountable, plural Stanions)

  1. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9186).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Stanion

pluralStanions
alternative formStanyan
alternative formStanyon

Origin of Stanion

Recorder as Stanere in the Domesday Book and as Stanerna in the Pipe rolls, the placename probably derives from Old English stān (“stone”) + earn (“house, cottage”).

Questions about Stanion

What does Stanion mean?
Stanion means a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9186).
What part of speech is Stanion?
Stanion is a proper noun.

Words near Stanion in the dictionary

  1. Staniforth
  2. Staniljub
  3. Stanimir
  4. stanine
  5. stanines
  6. Stanion
  7. Stanions
  8. Stanis
  9. Stanises
  10. Stanish
  11. Stanishes

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